給日本政府的公開信

日本駐美利堅合眾國大使藤崎先生：
鑒于日本政府近來對中國釣魚島采取的一系列非法的“購買釣魚島動作，我們美國
華人僑胞對日本政府的這种侵略性挑釁行為表示最強烈的抗議！要求貴使館將我們
表達強烈抗議的信件轉交日本政府！
地理上，釣魚島在中國台灣東北120海哩，和中國澎湖列島相連，离日本最南端的沖
繩島還有200多海哩。而且，釣魚島周圍海域水深100至150米，与沖繩間有2000米深
的深海槽相隔。
歷史上，釣魚島從來沒有任何爭議是中國的領土的一部分。早在明朝（1368-1644）
年代釣魚島就已經出現在中國地圖上，明朝永樂年間（1403-1424）出版的中文書籍
中已經有了官方的釣魚島記錄，比日本聲稱在1884年發現該島要早了400多年。更為
重要的是在日本1783-1785自己的琉球國地圖上清楚地標明釣魚島及其附屬島嶼屬于
中國領土。事實上，在1894至1895的第一次中日戰爭之前日本從來沒有對中國擁有
釣魚島主權有過任何疑問。1895年4月清王朝被迫簽訂“馬關條約”，割讓台灣及其
附屬島嶼包括澎湖列島和釣魚島給日本。
第二次世界大戰期間，中美英三國首腦于1943年在開羅會面，1943年開羅會議的
“開羅宣言”明确提出日本竊取的所有中國領土包括東北地區，台灣和澎湖列島戰
后歸還中國。戰爭結束前不久，1945年7月26日簽署的“波茨坦公告”宣布了日本的
投降，其第八章明确指出“開羅宣言”必須得到執行，日本領土范圍在日本本州，
北海道，九洲，四國島嶼和“我們指明的小島嶼”。注意第八章中這里的“我們”
是指三個簽署公告的中、美、英三國。意味著以后任何日本要控制任何“小島嶼”
必須得到三國的一致同意。
然而1951年在沒有中國參加的情況下簽署的“舊金山合約”与1943年的“開羅宣言”
和1945年的“波茨坦公告”并不完全吻合。“舊金山合約”錯誤地把釣魚島及其附
屬島嶼划到琉球群島，而沒有放到應該歸屬的澎湖列島。這种背著中國政府所簽署
的合約立即受到中國的強烈抗議和不予承認。“舊金山合約”滋生了以后在1971年
美日私自相授的“沖繩修訂條約”，把釣魚島歸划日本。
如你們所知，我們台海兩岸的中國人，港澳同胞以及海外華人僑胞堅定地認為釣魚
島是中國領土不可分割的一部分。釣魚島于1895年被日本不公正地占据，1971年又
被不公正地“相授”。根据地理和歷史的鐵證我們強烈要求日本政府如下：
1 尊重中國對釣魚島的主權；
2 立即停止在釣魚島問題上單邊的，不負責任的挑釁動作，包括任何形式的“購島”
和“國有化”；
3 停止騷扰和驅赶中國在該海域的漁船作業，尊重中國漁船的合法捕魚權力；
4 和中國政府開始雙邊會談，和平解決爭議，采取切實行動修補中日兩國人民的關
系。
美國華盛頓地區僑界保釣委員會
2012年9月16日
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Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki
The Embassy of Japan
2520 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
Dear Ambassador Fujisaki:
We are Chinese Americans in the Greater Washington DC area and we are writing
to lodge our strongest protest against the Japanese Government for its aggressive
and provocative actions in purchasing the Diaoyu Islands, which have been
Chinese territories since ancient time. We hereby request that you transmit
this letter to your government.
Geologically, the Diaoyu Islands, which are 120 nautical miles from the
northeast of China’s Taiwan Province, are more attached to China’s Penghu
Islands than to Japan’s southernmost island, Okinawa, which are more than
200 nautical miles away. Furthermore, the waters around the Diaoyu Islands
are 100 to 150 meters deep, and there is a 2,000-meter-deep oceanic trench
between the Islands and Okinawa.
Historically, there is no room for argument that the Diaoyu Islands have
always been an integral part of Chinese territory. The Diaoyu Islands first
appeared on China’s map in the Ming Dynsaty (1368-1644). During the rule
of Ming Emperor Yong Le (1403-1424), official records about the Islands
were published in a Chinese book, more than 400 years before Japan claimed
ǒdiscoveryō of the Islands in 1884. More important, on a map published by
Japan itself between 1783 and 1785 marking the boundary of the then Ryukyu
kingdom, the Daioyu Islands were shown as belonging to China. In fact,
Japan never questioned China’s sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands before
the first Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. In April 1895, the Chinese government
under the Qing Dynasty was forced to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki, ceding
the Island of Taiwan and its surrounding islands including Penghu Islands
and Diaoyu Islands to Japan.
During the Second World War, the heads of the governments of China, the
United States, and the Great Britain met in Cairo in November 1943. The
Cairo Declaration, which was the product of the 1943 Cairo Conference, unambiguously
stated that all territories that Japan had unjustly taken from China, such
as Manchuria, Taiwan, and the Pescadores (Penghu) Islands, shall be restored
to China after the War. Subsequently, shortly before the end of the War,
the Potsdam Declaration was issued on July 26, 1945, by the governments of
the United States, China, and the Britain for defining the terms for Japanese
surrender. Article 8 of the Potsdam Declaration clearly stipulated that
ǒthe terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out and Japanese sovereignty
shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and
such minor islands as we determine.ō Please note that the word ǒweō in
Article 8 referred to all three countries, the United States, China, and
the Great Britain, jointly.
However, the Treaty of San Francisco, which was signed on September 8, 1951
without the presence of China, did not fully comply with the terms stipulated
in both the 1943 Cairo Declaration and the 1945 Potsdam Declaration by wrongly
assigning the Diaoyu Islands and some other minor islands to the Ryukyu
zone, instead of the correct Penghu zone. As a result, the Diaoyu Islands
were placed under Japanese administrative control. The Chinese Government,
which was not invited to the San Francisco treaty conference, immediately
lodged a strong protest and declared that China would not recognize the
treaty.
We are certain that you are fully aware that the Chinese people on both
sides of the Taiwan Strait and also those in Hong Kong firmly believe that
the Diaoyu Islands have always been an integral part of Chinese territory.
We strongly urge the Japanese Government to immediately
respect Chinese sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands ;
cease all unilateral and provocative actions on the Daioyu Islands and the
surrounding waters, including any form of ǒpurchaseō or ǒnationalization
of the Islands;
instruct Japanese patrol boats to stop harassing Chinese fishing boats in
waters off the Diaoyu Islands; and
begin bilateral talks with China to peacefully resolve the conflict and
take productive actions to repair relations between the Chinese and Japanese
peoples.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter!
Sincerely,
Washington Chinese American Committee for Diaoyu Islands Sovereignty